Naji Thompson is a law clerk at Hecker Fink LLP.
Before joining the firm, she was a student attorney in the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic, where she represented Tribal Nations and community-based organizations in administrative proceedings involving water rights. In that role, she drafted direct testimony, cross-examined expert witnesses, and prepared responses to objections to witness testimony. She also previously served as a summer associate at Hecker Fink and as a prisoner and reentry law clerk with the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.
Earlier in her career, Naji worked as a researcher for Facts First USA and The 65 Project, where she drafted public-facing communications and reviewed complaints.
Naji earned her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a student clinic worker with the International Refugee Assistance Project and helped draft an amicus brief that was endorsed by the National Native American Law Students Association. She was also a member of the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Team and the Yale Black Law Students Association.
Naji received her B.A., cum laude, from Dickinson College, where she was awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award.